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Alain Durand, Rennes FR

Alain Durand, Rennes FR

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20080263198Device and method using non-cycle accurate measurements for discovering emulated clients - A method for discovering emulated clients. A verifier sends a cryptographic challenge C to a client and preferably starts a timer. The client uses a deterministic key search algorithm to find the correct key and returns the result as a number of tries needed. The verifier then stops the timer if this was started and verifies that the result is correct and preferably that the response was timely. Also provided is a verifier.10-23-2008
20090013189Method and devices for video processing rights enforcement - A system for protection against unauthorized modifications of digital content, in particular image content, in which a content processing system retrieves content, a fingerprint for the content and at least one modification limit expressing authorized modifications to the content. The content may then be modified, but before saving or exportation is allowed, a second fingerprint is calculated, and the difference between the fingerprints is compared with the at least one modification limit. If the difference is within the allowed bounds, then saving or exportation is allowed; if not, it is prevented. Also provided are a method and a content consumer device performing essentially the same steps before allowing rendering of the content.01-08-2009
20090063863Secure authenticated channel - A protocol (i.e. method) and corresponding apparatuses for calculating a session key. Two peers with knowledge of a common Diffie-Hellman permanent key, K03-05-2009
20090070600Method for Etching and Secure Distribution of Digital Data, Access Device and Writer - The invention relates to a method of receiving and securely recording digital data comprising a step for recording said digital data on a secured disk by a recorder/receiver belonging to a determined secured domain comprising several equipment items and defined by an identifier, a step for recording on the secured disk the identifier of the domain of the recorder/receiver to define this domain as the only domain in which the reproduction/copying of the multimedia content is authorized, wherein it comprises a prior step for recovering a disk key from the secured disk, and in that the domain identifier is encrypted by said disk key and the digital data is scrambled by title keys, said title keys being encrypted by said disk key. The invention also relates to a method of securely distributing digital data, an access device and a recorder/receiver.03-12-2009
20090217037Method and Devices for Secure Measurements of Time-Based Distance Between Two Devices - In order to provide a secure measurement of Round Trip Time (RTT), the calculation of RTT and the authentication data are separated. A device A sends a message to device B to start the method. Both devices generate a random number and device A waits for device B to finish. Device A sends its random number to B, which answers with its own random number, and device A calculates the RTT. If the RTT is below a certain limit, device A then requires authentication data, which is calculated by device B and sent to device A that verifies the authentication data. The RTT can thus be securely calculated regardless of the calculating resources of device B. Alternate embodiments, a system and devices are also provided.08-27-2009
20090240938Device, System and Method for Service Delivery with Anti-Emulation Mechanism - A method for service delivery to a client, in which the client selects a service, and establishes a connection with a system server to which it sends an identity associated with the client and an identifier of the service. The system server verifies that the client is authorised to access to the service and that the client is non-emulated. If this is verified, the service is provided to the client. In a preferred embodiment, the service is scrambled content and the system server provides a descrambling key to the client, and instructs a content server to provide the scrambled content to the client. Also claimed are a device, a system, and a system server.09-24-2009
20100128873METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING A TRANSMISSION OF KEYS - The present invention concerns a method and a device for encrypting an encoded scalable enhancement frame sent by an emitter to a receiver, the enhancement frame comprising a plurality of complementary streams ordered in term of quality level, each complementary stream corresponding to a combination of more than one scalability type, where a complementary stream of a lower quality level corresponds to a lower quality on each scalability type, comprising at the level of the emitter the steps of generating a key per complementary stream for encrypting said complementary stream in such a way that all scalability types can be either simultaneously or individually used, said keys being generated in such a way that only the keys of the complementary streams of quality levels lower than the quality level of a complementary stream can be obtained from the key of said complementary stream, and sending the key of a complementary stream corresponding to a required quality level to the receiver, the key permitting a receiver to generate the keys of the complementary streams of the lower quality levels only. The present invention also concerns a method and a device for decrypting a received encoded scalable enhancement frame.05-27-2010
20100132051PROTECTING LIVE CONTENT IN A NETWORK - A method for protecting live content in a multimedia system. An Acquisition Point that receives content distributes it in a network comprising a recording device and a rendering device. The content is associated with a license comprising a content identifier and the identity of the sending Acquisition Point. If the content is live, the license indicates that the content is “live protected”. A rendering device that receives the content and its license asks 05-27-2010
20100146297Method and system digital for processing digital content according to a workflow - A method of processing digital content according to a workflow. The digital content is received and information for the workflow is checked to decide if a processing device is authorised to process the content, the workflow imposing that the digital content be processed in a process chain comprising at least two nodes, wherein the processing device is authorised to process the content if it corresponds to the node that according to the process chain is the next node to process the digital content. If the processing device is authorised to process the content, the digital content is processed and the information for the workflow is updated. Also provided is a system.06-10-2010
20100146298Method and system for processing digital content according to a workflow - A method of processing digital content following a workflow. A processing device receives the digital content and a license for the digital content, the license comprising workflow information about a process chain, which comprises a present node and a following node; decrypts the license; verifies if it may process the content by verifying if it corresponds to the present node. If the processing device may process the digital content, it processes the digital content to obtain processed content and generates a new license comprising updated workflow information, wherein the following node is set as a new present node. Also provided is a processing device.06-10-2010
20100306823Method and Apparatus for Controlling the Number of Devices Installed in an Authorized Domain - The number of devices installed in an Authorized Domain is controlled by a master device functionality. This master devices stores ceiling values for the total number Totaljimit of devices to be installed in the AD; the total number Localjimit of devices to be installed in a local proximity with the master device and the total number Remotejimit of devices to be installed remotely from said master device. The master device also stores current values of the number Local_count of devices installed in the AD in local proximity with the master device; and the number Remote_count of devices installed in the AD remotely from said master device. When a new device is to be installed in the AD, the ceiling values are checked with respect to the current values and it is checked whether the device is in local proximity with the master device to authorize or not its installation in the AD, either locally or remotely.12-02-2010
20110016311METHOD FOR PREVENTING LAUNDERING AND REPACKAGING OF MULTIMEDIA CONTENT IN CONTENT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS - A method for distributing content in a content distribution system is disclosed which comprises the steps of: encrypting at a Content Packager a content using a content encryption key to generate an encrypted content; sending the content encryption key to a Licensing Authority; receiving from the Licensing Authority a distribution key containing an encryption of the content decryption key (K01-20-2011

Patent applications by Alain Durand, Rennes FR